Family Babysitting
Ever since I had my daughter 2 1/2 years ago, I have had many many many requests from my husband‘s family to let them babysit. My husband and I don’t live close to either of our parents, but we do live close some of my husband, great aunts and some grandparents. Obviously this means that they are all older. We live about 10 minutes away from one of his great aunts and she request to babysit our daughter every time she sees us and every time she texts us about anything. She is in poor physical shape and falls often and I know she would not be able to keep up with our very on the go two-year-old. Is constantly offering to let me run errands while she walked as my daughter or let me do some work while she watches my daughter.
I don’t understand why people are so obsessed with being left alone with my child. I don’t know how to keep saying no to her or saying that I don’t need anyone to watch my daughter. It just is starting to get really awkward for me.
Any advice on how to handle this in a way that won’t cause any weirdness between all of us. I don’t want to hurt her, but it’s obvious she does not realize her physical limitations.